The Staff Optomechanical Engineer will support the Electro-Optics Group by designing, integrating, and testing development and flight hardware, focusing focusing on mechanical design and analysis of optical assemblies and structures.
Primary Level Salary Range: $152,900.00 - $229,300.00
- Lead or contribute to the mechanical design of optical assemblies, mounts, and structures for imaging and sensing systems.
- Perform Structural, Thermal, and Optical Performance (STOP) analysis and Structurally Induced Line of Sight (SILOS) analysis to ensure system performance over expected environmental and operational conditions.
- Develop complex 3D CAD models, detailed part/assembly drawings, and associated documentation.
- Work collaboratively with optical, systems, electrical, and manufacturing engineering teams to refine requirements and ensure design feasibility and producibility.
- Support environmental test planning, execution, and correlation of analysis with test results (vibration, thermal, shock, etc.).
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Physics, or related discipline
- Master’s degree
- PhD
- Nice to have: MS/PhD in Optical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics
- Nice to have: STOP and SILOS modeling workflows
EO/IR Systems Integration and Test EngineerHEICO Corporation · Santa Barbara, US